Position of women workers in the plantation sector in Sri Lanka

Kurian R.

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Abstract: ILO pub-wep pub. Working paper on the rural employment of woman workers as plantation workers in Sri Lanka - outlines the historical emergence of plantation agricultural economy, examines difference between tamil and sinhalese cultural factors affecting women's rights, social control over rural women and social status, and covers wages, consumer expenditure, indebtedness, child care facilities, health services, trade unions, etc. References.

Keywords: rural employment; women workers; plantation worker; history; plantation; agricultural economy; cultural factor.; womens rights; social control; rural women; social status; wages; consumer expenditure; indebtedness; child care; health service; trade union.; emploi rural; travailleuses; travailleur des plantations; histoire; plantation; économie agricole; facteur culturel; droits de la femme; régulation sociale; femmes rurales; statut social; salaire; dépenses de consommation; endettement; soins aux enfants; service de santé; syndicat; empleo rural; trabajadoras; trabajador de las plantaciones; historia; plantación; economía agrícola; factor cultural; derechos de la mujer; control social; mujeres rurales; condición social; salario; gasto de consumo; endeudamiento; cuidado infantil; servicio de salud; sindicato (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 180 P. pages
Date: 1981
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Published in World Employment Programme research working paper. WEP 10, Rural Employment Policy Research Programme

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